Word: journals
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...child, my dreams rode on your wishes,/ I was your son, high on your horse,/ My mind a top whipped by the lashes/ Of your rhetoric, windy of course." Auden cut a more attractive father figure, an artist of superior talent and technique who stalks the pages of the journal as a steady reminder of his friend's shortcomings...
...book is the subject of a forthcoming issue of Christianity and Crisis, a biweekly journal of opinion founded by Niebuhr in February 1941.[*] In one article, William Lee Miller of the University of Virginia notes that few students today seem inspired by Niebuhr's thought, and questions "what his lasting place in the history of American thought, of theology, of political philosophy, will be." But Fox's depiction of Niebuhr in his prime makes him stand tall in comparison with today's political pulpiteers. A reading of the biography, followed by a good dose of Niebuhrian realism, might benefit...
...closer scrutiny. Last week a House Armed Services panel met twice to grill Defense officials on the management of the clandestine projects. One reason for the concern is the astounding growth of the programs during the Reagan Administration. According to an analysis of the Pentagon budget by the National Journal, black budgets for researching, developing and procuring secret weapons increased from a mere $892 million in 1981 to $8.6 billion for the up-coming fiscal year. Legislators are concerned that major strategic and budgetary decisions are being made without proper discussion. Under pressure two weeks ago, the Pentagon said that...
Meanwhile, AIDS sufferers received some encouraging news last week in a study published in the Lancet, a British medical journal. Doctors at the National Cancer Institute and Duke University reported that an experimental anti-AIDS drug, azidothymidine, or AZT, improved the immune system of 15 of the first 19 patients to receive it, producing at least a temporary respite from their condition...
...hidden reserve of strength and taking advantage of blunders by Kasparov, won three games in a row to pull even, 9½-9½. It was an unprecedented string of victories so late in a championship match. "Kasparov is cracking," wrote Vladimir Pimonov, analyst for a Soviet chess journal. "He's fallen victim to the same problem that has plagued him in the past: overconfidence...